ADHD: My Rainbow

by Stephanie Hurd in Uncategorized

May 30, 2012 • 1 comment

Sun shines in droplets of water producing a rainbow, an arch-like form that people tend to admire. It has been the topic of story and brings about hope. Although there are times when my ADHD seems to thwart me down, I have found the rainbow within it.

I am currently staring at a painting I am working on, full of color. I started painting due to an impulse. I woke up one day and said, “I want to paint.” Instead of thinking about what painting entailed, I went to the store, bought a canvas with a black and white picture on it. As I tried to paint it I learned a valuable lesson, I cannot paint someone else’s work, and I would have to learn to paint my own painting.

Thus it is with ADHD, I cannot possibly be someone else. I cannot take someone else’s personality and be them. I am me. I feel what others feel. Because of this, I am good at my job. My clients love that I treat them like people instead of lawn furniture to be moved around. I am a ball of energy and hate to sit around doing nothing; which makes me productive. I am a fun person I can laugh, tell jokes and give speeches at a moment’s notice. I love to learn new things.  I am creative, I paint, sing, write, and play two instruments by ear.
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I discover a new me every day. Without my ADHD, although some aspects of life would become instantly easier, it would be like taking the sun away after the storm. There would be no rainbow of hope. I would cease to exist.

A friend I met on the ADDITUDE magazine facebook page, told me to stop seeing myself as a normal person. I am not normal, I am bright, like the rainbow.

I am my own person and as such I need to show this light. I think I do. Whenever pick up a guitar, I feel the joy of my disorder. I can play almost anything as long as I have heard it before. Whenever I make someone smile who is upset, I feel the joy that I knew they were angry in the first place and I could help.

So, is ADHD a hope or a dim light? Hey, I learned how to paint. I get better and better with each one. I will never be the mould of who they consider to be normal.  However, I can be happy JUST simply being ME.